2—The Daily Collegian Monday, Oct. 23, 1995
Homecoming bonfire, fireworks canceled due to drought
1.: By JENNIFER BELLANTONIO
: - <Collegian Staff Writer
The lack of rainfall this year not
. only affected crops, harvests and
' trees but the 1995 Homecoming
Committee's plans as well.
: 4 Although University students and
area residents will still enjoy the
music from Crazy Band and the
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4King and Queen nominations on
.' Wednesday, the bonfire and fire
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4- works will not light the sky.
4 ; 4 The bonfire, traditionally held
ro the Wednesday of Homecoming
;;; week, was canceled due to drought
restrictions placed on the state,
e- said Remi Cohen, overall special
-7; events chairwoman. Because of
rearrangements, the activities
Summit about black male empowerment held on campus in wake of march
By PEI H. SHEN
Collegian Staff Writer
In the wake of the Million Man March,
the first African-American Male Student
Empowerment Summit was held Saturday
at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center to
raise consciousness about the current
problems facing black men. The event,
sponsored by Omega Psi Phi fraternity,
specifically 'focused attention on black
male undergraduates at University Park
and the Commonwealth Campuses.
"At the University, African-American
males have the lowest retention rate," said
Leon Caldwell, summit organizer. "This
summit addresses this issue and serves to
empower African-American males to
become more active and participate in the
community."
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Wednesday will be moved from the
Beaver Stadium fields to the steps
of Old Main, Cohen added.
John Hvizdash, coordinator for
Centre County Emergency Man
agement Agency, said the order to
restrict water use came from Gov.
Tom Ridge several weeks ago.
"There's no restriction on build
ing the fire, but the restriction
comes with the fire company using
water," Hvizdash said.
Secretary of Centre County's
EMA Cathy Shafranich said sever
al restrictions have been placed on
local fire company's daily routines.
"There is certain things (the
state) has asked the fire company
to stop doing, such as hold off on
live fire training, flushing hoses
About 55 undergraduates, graduates,
faculty and administrators participated in
the summit. Although the undergraduate
turnout was not as large, Caldwell said the
event was a success.
"Out of it, people came up with other
ideas to keep this process ongoing," he
said. "I left the summit thinking that there
is more to be done and other organizations
are willing to help."
From these discussions, the groups came
up with ideas for community action pro
grams including prison and youth out
reach, Caldwell said.
Another goal of the summit was to facil
itate communication across generations.
Through small group discussions, the sum
mit encouraged and fostered cross-genera
tional talk between black male students
and black administrators and faculty at
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and pump testing. It takes a lot of
water to put those activities out,"
Shafranich said.
As a result, Alpha Fire Company
Chief Steve Triebold said the
Homecoming Committee was noti
fied last Monday that the bonfire
could not take place.
"We felt the bonfire or anything
that will potentially use unneces
sary water should not be permit
ted," Triebold said. "The problem
with fireworks is there is a poten
tial of spot fires to occur in sur
rounding fields."
Although the change in plans
occurred a week before the cere
monies, the cancellation did not
come as a surprise to some.
"The Homecoming Committee
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Campuses.
"It is our intention that we break down
the superficial barrier of the generation
gap by providing an environment for us to
not just talk, but to talk and be heard about
each others' experiences," Caldwell said.
In addition, the summit gave faculty an
opportunity to provide mentoring and sup
port to a younger generation.
"We are trying to establish a mentoring
relationship between older African Ameri
can males and younger African-American
males to help them negotiate a system like
Penn State," said James Stewart, vice
provost for educational equity. "So after
they finish their college careers, they have
access to a support system that allows
them to benefit from some of the experi
ences that the older males have had."
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* 20 years of experience as a public servant in
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was notified well over a month ago
of the possibility that if these man
dates weren't lifted or relaxed
there wasn't going to be a bonfire,"
Shafranich -said.
Rick Funk, coordinator of Greek
Life, said the committee was told
when they first went to get permits
for the bonfire.
"We gave it some thought but
maybe not as much as we should
have," Funk said. "That was the
cards we got dealt, so we're dealing
with it."
Although the bonfire and fire
works display may cause some dis
appointment, the committee is
working to build enthusiasm.
"The whole event is to promote
PSU spirit, unity and enthusiasm,
COLLEGE AVE.
and although we won't have the
bonfire, we're trying to find other
ways to get people excited about
homecoming," Cohen said.
Bryan Crowell (senior-environ
mental resource management) is
not worried about losing spirit.
"It doesn't really bother me,"
Crowell said. "I think the same
number of people will show up."
And George Bard (junior-agri
cultural engineering) said he was
looking forward to the event
regardless of the bonfire or fire
works display.
"I don't think it will affect the
campus at all. There is just so
many other different activities
going on," Bard said. "The parade
seems to be most important."
For students, the exchange allowed them
to get to know faculty, administrators and
students from other campuses.
"It's a good opportunity for African-
American males to network and discuss
some of the things affecting our commu
nity," said Ivory Toldson (graduate-coun
selor education).
After icebreakers and lunch, students
and faculty formed small groups to discuss
issues important to black men's survival
and progression.
"During the discussions, we talked in
depth about each empowerment and the
things we need to do as black men to help
ourselves and our communities," said
Jibri Bond (sophomore-marketing). "I
gained a better view of the thoughts and
perspectives about self-empowerment,
political empowerment and spiritual
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empowerment from the bright men here
on campus."
The summit also fostered a sense of
community among those who attended.
"We gained a sense of togetherness by
bringing our people together to teach one
another what we should be doing," said
Baron Lane (sophomore-athletic training).
Finding solutions was another collective
effort at this event.
"Getting people focused on collective
solutions to problems is a great beginning
and that certainly happened at the confer
ence," said Lawrence Young, director of
the Paul Robeson Cultural Center.
For members of the faculty, the summit
renewed their faith in the next generation.
"To see young men saying that we are
part of the solution was very encourag
ing," Young said.
To deal with the change in plans,
Overall Parade Chairwomen Jen
nifer Wright said the committee
centralized the night's activities on
the steps of Old Main and is trying
to add a pep rally involving the
cheerleaders, Blue Band and oth
ers.
"It was an unfortunate circum
stance, but it turned into a positive
event," Wright said. "We're going
to do a pep rally, and it's going to
end up attracting more people."
Greg Rogalski, special events
committee member, agreed with
Wright's optimism.
"We're hoping that by moving it
to that location more people will
attend and the spirit will still be
there," he said.
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